From March 17 to 19, 2026, the openCost team will host the international conference “openCost: Navigating Cost Transparency” at DESY in Hamburg. We welcome poster submissions.
Report on the international openCost conference 2024 in Regensburg
The project team would like to thank all the participants and speakers from nine countries for the interesting presentations, exciting discussions, and lively exchange of ideas.
openCost conference 2024
From October 7 to 9, the international conference “openCost: The Road to Publication Cost Transparency – The Next Stage” will take place in Regensburg. Interested parties are cordially invited.
Save the dates: openCost final workshop from 7 to 9 October 2024
From 7 to 9 October 2024, the final workshops of the openCost project will take place at the University of Regensburg. The project team will present the results and possible subsequent uses for the community.
Conference Proceedings published
The results of the workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency” have now been published as Conference Proceedings.
Report on the international expert workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency”
The project team presented its first results at the openCost workshop. In addition, (inter)national experts contributed their experiences with publication fees and cost recording.
Workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency”
From 5 to 7 October 2022, we will be hosting the expert workshop “openCost: the road to publication cost transparency” at the Deutsches Elektronen-Sychrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, to which we cordially invite interested parties.
Save the date: Expert workshop from 5. to 7.10.2022
From Wednesday, 5.10.2022 to Friday, 7.10.2022 the 1st openCost expert workshop takes place at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg.
OpenCost at the German Library Congress: Results of the Workshop
In addition to presenting the openCost project, the Hands-on Lab served as a joint exchange of information and ideas with the community.
Workshop: Strategy for collecting the “total cost of publishing”
Public workshop “Strategy for collecting the ‘Total Cost of Publishing'” on 1.6.2022 at the Gemran Library Congress in Leipzig